Crime Statistics for Hankham, Wealden, East Sussex, 2024

There were a total of 88 street level crime incidents in Hankham in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Shoplifting, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Shoplifting	38
Violent Crime	18
Anti Social Behaviour	8
Burglary	6
Other Theft	5
Public Order	5
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Drugs	2
Other Crime	1
Vehicle Crime	1
All Crime	88

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Hankham. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Hankham

We've taken the ten nearest places to Hankham and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Hankham has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Langney (1.96 miles)	288
Hampden Park (1.96 miles)	162
Downside (3.29 miles)	118
Mill Hill (0.62 miles)	92
Hankham	88
Hailsham (2.78 miles)	81
Polegate (1.96 miles)	57
Foulride Green (2.24 miles)	30
Wannock (2.77 miles)	23
Beachlands (3.5 miles)	8

Where are the most violent places near Hankham?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Hankham and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Langney	94
Hampden Park	63
Downside	37
Hailsham	24
Polegate	22
Mill Hill	19
Hankham	18
Foulride Green	15
Wannock	10
Beachlands	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Hankham?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Hankham to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Hankham compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Hankham and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Hankham is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Langney	59
2	Hampden Park	56
3	Hailsham East	40
4	Polegate Central	32
5	Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill	31
6	Polegate North	29
7	Hailsham South	27
8	Stone Cross	24
9	Lower Willingdon	23
10	Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels	22
11	Upper Willingdon	20

Which road in Hankham has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Hankham with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Beaulieu Drive.